Fascination Paper: Rembrandt to Kiefer at the Albertina
From 11 December 2025 to 22 March 2026, the Albertina presentsthe exhibition “Fascination Paper: Rembrandt to Kiefer”
Source: Albertina · Image: Rembrandt, “Self-portrait with eyes wide open”
The ALBERTINA is home to one of the world’s largest collections of drawings, prints and artistic works on paper. Drawing on these rich holdings, this extraordinary exhibition indeed devotes itself to the diversity and fascination surrounding paper in all of its many aspects.
Covering multiple eras from the 15th century to the present, the presentation brings together works from the Graphic Art Collection, the Architectural Collection, and the Collection of Contemporary Art. Copperplate engravings for playing cards, multi-part three-dimensional objects of monumental proportions, and rarely shown works reveal the entire range of this one-of-a-kind collection and artistic genre. In the process, surprising juxtapositions vividly illustrate paper’s versatility as a medium
